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Lots of JUICY NEW EVENTS - SCBWI and beyond - on our Events Page such as What Makes a Children's Classic (19 May), plus all the festivals. Check them out

SCBWI North East is running a Beverley Birch workshop during the Lincoln Book Festival, Writing for Children: Finding Your Own Special Voice - Beverley is both an author (Rift) and Senior Editor for Hodder children's boooks. Details

SCBWI Writer's Day and Illustrator's Day have been combined to make a two-day conference and the details of Professional Series talks are already out. More info

March and May of the Professional Series are now SOLD OUT. Please contact Margaret Carey if you want to get on the waiting list! (don't forget to change the AT to an @ )

NEW! The Application Form for the SCBWI Retreat in May can be downloaded here now! Download it as a Word file or as a PDF . The retreat is going to be on 16-19 May 2008 in Pendrell Hall, near Wolverhampton and in attendance will be Julia Golding (Diamond of Drury Lane), Shoo Rayner, author and illustrator of hundreds of children's titles, and Tessa Strickland, co-founder of Barefoot Books. Places are limited so email us and book your place now

Keep checking our listings of other children's writing events and workshops — we're trying to list 'em all - from the Seven Stories Centre in Tyneside to the liteary festivals all over the UK! Do drop us a line if you've heard of anything we ought to be listing!

Not able to attend SCBWI Events like the Professional Series? Have no fear, the SCBWI bloggers are here:
Little Tiger Press publisher Jude Evans on Picture Books
Who's Afraid of the World Wide Web
Pamela Johnson's Novel Masterclass;
Lee McGovern's synopsis workshop;
Cliff McNish's talk about school visits
SCBWI retreat featuring Debi Gliori
Chicken House editor Imogen Cooper
Tony Bradman on the Art of Story by Candy
Tony Bradman on the Art of Story by Anita
Tony Bradman's Recommended Reading
Scott Westerfeld's Slang in YA writing
Agent's Party plus contact details

features

SCBWI British Isles was the opening showcase at the SCBWI Stand during the Bologna Children's Book Fair. Pictured clockwise: the SCBWI stand with UK members (left to right) Professional Series organiser Margaret Carey , regional advisor Natascha Biebow, illustrator coordinator Anne Marie Perks , illustrator Sarah Mcintyre , webmaster Candy Gourlay, author Catriona Hoy , and illustrator Trish Phillips ; Undiscovered Voices received a lot of attention; our table displayed members' work. .

Sample books by members on display.

Click on the images to see a larger picture.

Meet our featured illustrator, Atabey Sanchez-Haiman. Visit Atabey's website to view more samples of her bright, quirky work. You can revisit the work of ALL our featured artists so far Amanda, Anne Marie, Desdemona, Margaret, Layn, Paul, Sarah! and Staffan

British SCBWI's first anthology Undiscovered Voices is out!
Order it here!
View a blog post about the February 13 reception.
Read all the details!

The North West now has its own network! This is very much a network in its first stages so get involved now and help make it work for you! For more information contact Stephanie Williams

Visit our Community Blog - share your thoughts, publicise your stuff, fraternise!